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Common Names
Garlic
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-TOCOPHEROL | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Bulb | not available | 22.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Bulb | 3.0 | 10.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Bulb | 10.0 | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Bulb | 130.0 | 4947.0 | 1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Flower | 250.0 | 2155.0 | -1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 580.0 | 4265.0 | -0.97 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 315.0 | 850.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Shoot | 120.0 | 538.0 | -1.04 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM-FRUCTURONATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Bulb | 0.0 | 150.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Bulb | 274000.0 | 851000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Flower | 94000.0 | 810000.0 | 0.81 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 95000.0 | 699000.0 | 0.69 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Shoot | 201000.0 | 901000.0 | 1.76 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Bulb | 6000.0 | 18000.0 | not available | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| CHITINASE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antifatigue | 9 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antifeedant | 6 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 5 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigiardial | 3 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Antigingivitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |